Parents, students protest CPS school closings

Carrying signs, chanting and beating on drums, the students, flanked by their parents and members of the Chicago Teachers Union, made their presence known on the crowded intersection at Clark Street and Adams Street outside the offices of the Chicago Board of Education. CPS pupils are off school today for what's known as an administrative day, when only CPS employees and not students are at schools.

Chicago Teachers Union affiliations include the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL), the Illinois State Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (ISFL-CIO), the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).